Can you name the country of origin for these inventions? by RussianPro

Invention	Country	Info
Offshore oil well		1846 - Baku, then Russian Empire
Monorail		1820 - Ivan Elmanov
Muffler		1897 - Milton Reeves
Human spaceflight		1961 - Yuri Gagarin
Nuclear power plant		1954 - Obninsk Nuclear Plant
Powdered milk		1932 - M. Dirchoff
Arc welding		1803 - Vasily Petrov
Space tourism		2001 - Soyuz launch of Denis Tito
ICBM		1957 - Sergey Korolev
Bulldozer		1923 - Cummings and McLeod
Gas mask		1849 - Lewis Haslett
Blood bank		1930 - Sergey Yudin
Modern decimal currency		1704 - Peter the Great's reforms
Carbon fiber		1958 - Dr. Roger Bacon
Synthetic diamond		1954 - Howard Hall
Periodic table		1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev
Table-glass		c. 1700
Tea bag		1903 - Thomas Sullivan
Manned moon rover		1971 - Apollo 15
Tractor		1892 - John Froelich

Invention	Country	Info
Ice pop/popsicle		1905 - Frank Epperson
Packaged frozen food		1929 - Clarence Birdseye
Barbed wire		1867 - Lucien Smith
Fire hydrant		1869 - Birdsill Holly
Machine gun		1884 - Hiram Maxim
Military robot		1930s - remote-control tanks
Zipper		1891 - Whitcomb Judson
Tetris		1984 - Alexey Pajitnov
Laser gun		1984 - for use by cosmonauts
Lightning rod
Polygraph		1921 - John Larson
Spandex		1959 - Joseph Shivers
Artificial satellite		1957 - Sputnik 1
Assault rifle
Artificial snow		1950 - Milford, CT
Earmuffs		1873 - Chester Greenwood
Space station		1971 - Salyut 1
Smoke detector		1890 - Francis Upton
Atomic clock		1949 - US National Bureau of Standards
Drum machine		1931 - Léon Theremin
Periodic table	1931 - Léon Theremin
Nuclear power plant	1931 - Léon Theremin
Table-glass	1931 - Léon Theremin
Modern decimal currency	1931 - Léon Theremin
Drum machine	1931 - Léon Theremin
Lightning rod	1931 - Léon Theremin
Arc welding	1931 - Léon Theremin
Tetris	1931 - Léon Theremin
ICBM	1931 - Léon Theremin
Laser gun	1931 - Léon Theremin
Assault rifle	1931 - Léon Theremin
Military robot	1931 - Léon Theremin
Artificial satellite	1931 - Léon Theremin
Human spaceflight	1931 - Léon Theremin
Blood bank	1931 - Léon Theremin
Offshore oil well	1931 - Léon Theremin
Powdered milk	1931 - Léon Theremin
Space tourism	1931 - Léon Theremin
Monorail	1931 - Léon Theremin
Space station	1931 - Léon Theremin
Manned moon rover	1931 - Léon Theremin
Tractor	1931 - Léon Theremin
Packaged frozen food	1931 - Léon Theremin
Gas mask	1931 - Léon Theremin
Barbed wire	1931 - Léon Theremin
Fire hydrant	1931 - Léon Theremin
Earmuffs	1931 - Léon Theremin
Machine gun	1931 - Léon Theremin
Synthetic diamond	1931 - Léon Theremin
Spandex	1931 - Léon Theremin
Atomic clock	1931 - Léon Theremin
Artificial snow	1931 - Léon Theremin
Carbon fiber	1931 - Léon Theremin
Zipper	1931 - Léon Theremin
Tea bag	1931 - Léon Theremin
Polygraph	1931 - Léon Theremin
Bulldozer	1931 - Léon Theremin
Ice pop/popsicle	1931 - Léon Theremin
Muffler	1931 - Léon Theremin
Smoke detector	1931 - Léon Theremin

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Inventions: Russia or USA? Quiz

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Created Jul 21, 2012 in History
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	Flick:	Jul 21st, 2012 at 21:10 GMT		5 points
	@RussianPro: great idea with some super choices for the inventions, but these quizzes work better when mistakes become 'wrong answers' otherwise you just type the correct answer after getting it wrong. You need to use the 'Bonus/Hidden answers become wrong answers' option

	trusting365:	Jul 22nd, 2012 at 00:40 GMT		1 point
	I agree. I'll play it after you've changed it.

	RussianPro:	Jul 22nd, 2012 at 01:07 GMT		3 points
	@Flick: Whoops! My bad - I'll get it fixed

	trusting365:	Jul 22nd, 2012 at 04:08 GMT		2 points
	Much better. I got a lot more wrong answers this time.

	Flick:	Jul 23rd, 2012 at 16:28 GMT		2 points
	@RussianPro: great stuff 5 globes

	RussianPro:	Jul 23rd, 2012 at 17:52 GMT		2 points
	@Flick -Thanks!

	peczek:	Jul 23rd, 2012 at 20:32 GMT		1 point
	Could you add another minute please? I didn't get to finish I was too busy thinking about it

	RussianPro:	Jul 23rd, 2012 at 23:15 GMT		3 points
	I was thinking of this quiz as closer to a blitz, but I'll add one because of the low scores

	LuckyLeft:	Jul 23rd, 2012 at 23:41 GMT		1 point
	Neat quiz of obvious and obscure, surpising answers here (such as the lighting rod being invented a quarter-century before he thought of it). Really enjoyed it!

	kekort2:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 18:16 GMT		4 points
	I have a hard time believing that the concept of the concentration camp didn't exist until 1830. Some time between the beginning of human existence and 1830, there must have been some people who held other people in confinement. Other than that, nice quiz.

	RussianPro:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 22:43 GMT		1 point
	@kekort2 - Me as well, and it's not so much the concept of a concentration camp, but rather the earliest extensive, recorded instance of its application on nonmilitary groups. Otherwise it could be said that Russia had the first, while keeping Polish war prisoners in the 18th century. This is more military detainment than systematic, purposeful elimination of people.

	thedpr:	Jul 25th, 2012 at 00:59 GMT		3 points
	If it requires that much to explain what you mean by it, then perhaps it would be best if it were replaced with something else?

	RussianPro:	Jul 25th, 2012 at 13:12 GMT		-2 points
	I don't want to have a debate. "Concentration camp" means "concentration camp," as in the Nazi ones.

	chrcoo:	Jul 28th, 2012 at 23:47 GMT		2 points
	@RussianPro, you seem to be saying that concentration camps were established in the US before they were established in Russia. However, the quiz is asking for the country of origin, NOT "which country had it first, US or Russia". So unless you are claiming that concentration camps (by your definition) were never established anywhere in the world prior to 1776 (US independence), then that question is invalid.

	311rvmt:	Jul 29th, 2012 at 04:43 GMT		1 point
	I thought glassware existed way before the 18th century. Glass cups have existed at least since Roman times.

	ChileNoseJam:	Aug 2nd, 2012 at 00:32 GMT		2 points
	Yes, drinking glasses are certainly much older than claimed here. So is decimal currency - the Romans had it in the fourth century AD, with 100 denarii in an argenteus and 10 argentei in a solidus. The idea that freezing could preserve food predates Birdseye by centuries - he was just the first to do it on a commercial scale.

	RussianPro:	Aug 6th, 2012 at 11:52 GMT		1 point
	sorry, i was on vacation so i wasnt able to respond to any of these comments. I'll consider them when I get back.

	RussianPro:	Aug 6th, 2012 at 15:18 GMT		2 points
	I've reconsidered everything and made a few changes to make the quiz more sensible and factually accurate. Hopefully this will make it more enjoyable for everyone: -Drinking glass -> table glass -Concentration camp -> Moon rover -Frozen food -> Packaged frozen food -Decimal currency -> modern decimal currency i am still open to suggestions.

	rivertam42:	Aug 20th, 2012 at 01:04 GMT		1 point
	I like the inclusion of the "cold" items. It's surprising that Russia didn't invent earmuffs, but makes sense that the US invented the popsicle- why would the Russians want more cold food? Packaged frozen food doesn't register as incorrect when I type RU, you may want to fix that.

	RussianPro:	Aug 20th, 2012 at 13:45 GMT		1 point
	yeah thanks for the heads up, same with decimal currency and moon rover. That's because of some nitpicking earlier back, I had to rename some of the inventions

	LinnS:	Nov 8th, 2012 at 10:43 GMT		1 point
	I think many of these inventions are, as usually, things that people aren't completely sure about who invented it first: one country may claim that they were the first, while another country claims the same - maybe they both did, parallel? For example I know that some of the things above, such as the zipper and powdered milk, are according to Wikipedia Swedish inventions.